# Datta (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/datta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Bengali.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Bengali |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,813 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,012 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 170,295 people |
| Change since 2000 | +52% (1,195 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Bengali দত্ত (dotto), from Sanskrit दत्त (datta, “given, granted”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Datta in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 10% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 0.6% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 85% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Similar surnames

Dutta, Dada, Date, Dato, Ditta, Dodd, Dewitt, Doty, Dowd, Dowdy, Duda, Duty.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.